[csw-maintainers] 64-bit python

[Philip Brown]

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 10:57:10PM +0100, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
> HI PHIL,

:-D


> 
> Am 21.11.2008 um 15:38 schrieb Philip Brown:
> > if not, then this might be a good reason to deviate from our usual  
> > practice of "ship 64bit with 32bit package", and make a separate
> > "python64"  package.
> 
> This goes equally well for Perl.

*gag* *choke*... 64bit perl??? as if perl wasnt bloated enough?!!! :-}

Actually, i'm not exactly sure why someone would want 64bit python either.
could someone enlighten us?